Rock On, Video Game Style
Guitar Hero "guitar"
Even if you don’t own an XBox, PlayStation, or a Wii, you have probably heard others talking about the phenomenon known as Guitar Hero and now Rock Band. These are video games that require special video game attachments shaped like instruments (usually sold with the game) in which you attempt to “recreate” famous songs. As Yahoo! Music puts it:
“The addictive play-along games are a cross between karaoke and open-mike night. Players hear an approximation of a song and try to match colorful visual cues by pressing buttons on a guitar-like plastic game controller, pounding touch-sensitive rubber drums and singing into a specialized mike. Successful performances sound quite like the originals.” -source: Yahoo! Music
Guitar Hero has issued a handful of additional titles with new songs and news features, from Guitar Hero II and Guitar Hero III to versions featuring Aerosmith and others. Rock Band has come out with Rock Band 2 and special editions as well. These games have been huge moneymakers for the consoles, the software companies, and the music industry, and it doesn’t look to slow down anytime soon.
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